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Justin: I hope your free 3 first horns caught you something nice!
If you caught something other than a White/Brown/Grey mouse, you're fairly lucky.
NOTE: Just so you know, clicking on the Mousehunt badge on the left
of your green CAMP button will open your Hunting Profile page.

Jonathan: I'll assume that you've at least read abit of the How to Play Guide
and a portion of the newbie guide above. You must be feeling
pretty blur right now, so thats where this guide comes in! Enjoy! =)

Enough, let's start already!
Okay, okay. Chill.
Here we go. This is where it all begins.

THE TOWN OF GNAWNIA

Your adventure begins here. Here in the Town..

The Traveler.
You're currently in the Town of Gnawnia (an area), in Gnawnia (a region).
This is where you start the game.
You're allowed to travel to new areas and regions as you increase in rank.
No matter where you are in the game, Travelling to ToG is always free.

Your map (the full map) slowly gets bigger as you gain access to the new areas.
You'll also be delighted to know that the Menu bar's scenery (under your Hunter's Horn) changes according to your area.
your current one should be a boy and a girl and some greenery.

New areas are unlocked either by:
a) reaching a certain rank
b) getting a certain map piece to that area
c) both of the above

But more on that later.

BUY CHEDDAR CHEESE
Visit the Cheese Shoppe & buy about 20 Cheddar cheese (or whatever amount that brings it to 40 cheddar).
You'll note that there are other cheese available, but don't use them even if you can afford it.
It's just not worth it, and Cheddar will do fine for now.

Jonathan: For those mathcraft freaks who are reading this, heres an explanation:
White/Brown/Grey Mice, often refered to as 'Coloured Mice' (no racial discrimination meant) give about 100-150 gold each (give or take).
Take a look at the table below:

Cheese	Cost
Cheddar	10
Marble	50
Swiss	100
Brie	200

As you can see, using Brie cheese will definitely incur a net loss of about 50-100 gold/coloured mouse.
Swiss cheese will allow you to breakeven or make up to 50% profit.
Marble cheese will allow you to make about 100%-150% profit
The best choice is Cheddar, where you make at least 1000% profit (10x profit).

SuperBrie|+.....what?
You may or may not find yourself with some cheese called SuperBrie+.
This is a very special cheese that offers 99% attraction rate to a lot of the mice in the game.
Whatever you do, don't use your SuperBrie+ yet!
More info here.

TRAVEL TO THE MEADOW TO HUNT

Travel to Meadow (25g) & hunt there.
NEW LOCATION: MEADOW

No, no Bella, no Edward; No Henry, no Clare.
Man, you guys are imaginative. The only thing that sparkles like Diamonds in the sunlight
is the Diamond Mouse. Geez.
You'll be seeing a lot of Coloured mice here. Get used to these.
The reason we asked you to use Cheddar is because of its cheap cost,
as you will immediately want to save up gold for new stuff.

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Wait!
There's no such rank!
We know. But before you continue, there's some stuff we want to tell you.
We highly recommend you read:
How to play : Basic information on the way Mousehunt works.
Mousehunt Wiki : Starting Guide, Basic logic of the gameplay, Basic FAQs
(please, at least glance through them a bit).

This is so that you have the basic understanding of Hunting, Points and Progress.
(mouseover for brief descriptions)

So it begins!
Larry (yes, the knight with the moustache) will help you with
everything you need to build your very first weapon.

Larry
He will also train you on how to use the Hunter's Horn,
the most important thing in Mousehunt.

Setting up.
Basically how it works:
-trap mouseover for description bait-

Weapon | Base | Cheese

combines to affect your

Power, Attraction, & Luck.

*Power Bonus and Attraction Bonus further increases them according to their %

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POWER	Generally the most important stat. The higher the power, the more mice you'll be able to catch.
POWER TYPE	Only important after the rank of Master. Until then, ignore this.
POWER BONUS	It increases your total power by a %. Therefore, only important at later stages.
ATTRACTION BONUS	Attract Rate is the chance mice in that area will cometo your trap. Attraction bonus increases the chance that a mouse will come to you trap.
LUCK	A very controversial stat. Generally, the more luck you have, the greater the chance that you will catch a mouse that is actually too tough for your trap. If your trap has luck, you have a chance to catch even the toughest mice. Luck also affects your loot, but only by abit!
CHEESE EFFECT	When you fail to attract a mouse to your trap, your cheese will occasionally go stale. This is a random occurence when you fail to attract a mouse, and has nothing to do with how long you cheese has been there.

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Freebies!
Larry will present you with a Wooden Base,
which is the first component of your weapon.

Wooden Base
Power: 35Cheese Effect: Very Fresh

As you catch more mice and increase in rank, you'll find that more and more bases will become available to you.

You will receive 25 pieces of Cheddar cheese, you'll also be given a choice between two traps:
the High Tension Spring and the Tacky Glue Trap.

CHOOSE YOUR WEAPON.

Instead of going through the whole blah-blah of statistics...
Let me summarize.
If you want POWER then choose the High Tension Spring.
If you want to ATTRACT more mice, then choose the Tacky Glue Trap.
It all comes down to your personal preference.

*IMPORTANT NOTE: If you have already chosen one of the traps, don't sell/purchase the other!
You only need ONE of these.

Besides, you'll be upgrading your weapon quite soon,
and you'll have more opportunities to experiment with different set-ups later.